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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

y 3 ELLEN S. GEToHELL, oE EoSToN, MAsSAcHUSETTs, AsSIeNoR To ANNA sirzcoUDREY, oE SAME PLAGE,

BooK-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,996, dated April 1,1884.

Application sied July 9,1883. (Model.)

. To @ZZ whom may concern,.-

Be itknown that I, ELLEN S. GETCHELL, `of

Boston, in the county f Suffolk and State-of ofthe binding, and thatwhen applied to its purpose it will remain securely in placewithoutslipping off. Provision is made-also for recording the number ofany page in the book.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of referenceindicate like parts, Figure l represents my improved book-cover with oneof the flaps laid back the better to illustrate the invention.

on line a; m, Fig. l.

` A represents the body or main portion of Fig. 2 is a section the`cover provided withthe usual tongues a for lying in the spring-back ofthe book, and iiaps b for foldingover the front edges of the binding.

l B B are flaps provided with the hook-shaped portions or extensions B.`The hooks B are narrow at their necks B, and hook shaped and bulbous attheir ends B', as shown. To secure the cover on the book, they areinserted through the slits c in the flaps b, where they remain securelyori-account of their shape.

` In book-covers the strain comes heavily on the flaps B, such strainbeing from the point where the inner edges of such flaps join the mainportion of the cover Af. e., the point in the drawings between the flapsB and the tongues a to the slits c. The tendency is, of course, to pullout the flaps B, especially if the book binding be a thick one. 'Ioobviate this difficulty, I make all the hooks to'project inwardly, asshown-i. e., toward the center of the coverin order that they may resist`the strain and not slip out.

In order that the reader may ascertain the number of the page reached atthe last reading `of the book, stripsl) are provided, each bearingnumbers from l to 9, inclusive. These strips are held in one of the apsb by passing them through slits d in said Mila-ps, and the fig- V uresmay be seen through a slot, e, therein. Anydesired number may beproduced by proper longitudinal relative movement of the I am aware thatin other articles-such as paper boxes, for instance-there have beenconstructed hooks from the material of which such boxes are made, saidhooks being for the l purpose of holding the parts of the boxes to,

gether. I do not claim that hooks of this description are in themselvesconsidered novel; but I am not aware that they have been used inconnection with book-covers, especially when arranged to projectinwardly, as shown,

thereby serving a purpose important to a book-cover. Having thus fullydescribed my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is-

1. The hercindescribed improved bookcover, consisting, essentially, ofthe main portion A, side ilaps, b, provided with the slits c, and hookedaps B B B", the hocks B on said flaps being all cut and arranged,asshown, to project inwardly toward the center of the book-cover, allconstructed substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. `The combination, in a book-cover, of the main portion A, providedwith the side flap, b, said side iiap having the slits d and slot e, andthe numbered strips D, constructed and arranged substantially as and forthe purpose described.

ELLEN S. GETCHELL.

Vitnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, JosEPH IsHEAUGH.

